Karen Owen-Lee caught her passion of Gerontology (the study of aging) from her mother, a college professor who started the first Gerontology accredited program at York College of Pennsylvania.  Karen completed her Masters in Gerontology from Pennsylvania State University and she went on to work with seniors in five states and over 40 retirement communities. Today, Karen is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and senior placement expert who has helped thousands of families navigate the endless options of senior care.

Sparked by a lifetime passion for locating housing for seniors, Karen Owen-Lee has established and launched Housing Options for Seniors, Inc. This service offers coaching to locate various housing options within a defined geographical area, care level and budget. Karen offers free placement services to independent living, assisted living and memory care or Alzheimer’s care in the greater Denver area. She also educates seniors and families on the confusing arena of senior housing, particularly Baby Boomers dealing with the fear and anxiety of caring for an aging parent. Karen’s additional skills include coaching, writing, consulting and public speaking. Her effective approach is systematic has been tested for thirty years.

Her speaking performances are presented with a light hearted approach about serious topics.  Audiences have been comprised of employees and the general public at Lockheed Martin, City and County of Denver, Denver Senior Coalition, Kiwanis, Optimist, Sertoma, Manor Care, churches, TransAmerica Capital Management, Cambridge Investment Research, Life Care of America and Erickson Retirement Community. The attendees have been overwhelmingly receptive to her practical approaches, particularly Baby Boomers.

Karen has made appearances on Colorado & Company on Channel 9 News in Denver and has had articles published in The Denver Post, L.A. Daily Times, The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in Ontario, Canada and the Sterling Journal Advocate in Sterling, Colorado.

Karen’s book, 'The Caring Code: What Boomers need to Know About Seniors', is a step-by-step guide for children with aging loved ones.  Caregivers must know as much as possible about planning for the future before an emergency or crisis occurs.

Mary Sweeters is a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace USA. She works to fight the undue influence of the oil industry in solidarity with communities affected by oil extraction, pollution, and climate change, and to advocate for a just transition to a clean energy economy. She is from Sonoma, California.

Christine works with singles who are ready to finally have a loving partner in their life and are willing to tackle what’s been keeping that love away so they’ll finally attract the committed loving relationship they desire and deserve.



Christine’s coaching capitalizes on over 25 years as a wedding planner where she witnessed the benefits of people meeting and marrying “The Perfect Catch” (and the huge challenges that arose when they didn't).



This inspired her to focus on what happens BEFORE the marriage, which ultimately contributed to her to becoming a dating and relationship coach.



Christine then became a top coach for John Gray and by combining this coaching experience with her own personal dating experience she created her Transform Your Dating Life system.



Christine knows this system works because it’s how she met her husband Tony; they married in 2007.





Her Transform Your Dating Life system helps her clients

• Clarify what you want and need from a partner so you’ll begin choosing men and women who are match for you.



• Learn what’s been keeping you from attracting the right type of men and women, so you’ll stop wasting your time going out with the wrong people.





• Finally feel comfortable and confident in your dating and relationships.



Christine knows this system works it’s how she meet her husband Tony; they married in 2007.

Patrick Snow, "The Dean of Destiny," is an international bestselling author, professional keynote speaker, publishing, speaking and book-marketing coach.

He first discovered his gift for speaking at the age of 17 while giving the pre-game speeches to his high school football team. Since then, Patrick has electrified more than 3,500 audiences on four continents to create their individual and organizational destinies.

As a publishing coach, he has mentored more than 1,200 clients throughout the world to successfully publish their fiction, non-fiction, memoir, legacy, or children’s book.

Patrick’s “DESTINY” message has been recognized on TV, in magazines, and in major newspapers such as The New York Times. His book and family photo was also featured as a cover story in the December 5th, 2002, issue of USA TODAY. He was also recently featured in a Spanish edition of Forbes Magazine.

Patrick is the author of the international bestseller, Creating Your Own Destiny, which has sold upwards of one million copies in five languages and 108 countries worldwide since its first printing in 2001. As a result, this book and his second book, The Affluent Entrepreneur, have both been purchased by John Wiley & Sons in New York and have been republished under the Wiley imprint. He is also a contributing author to numerous other books, including Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons for Mastering the Law of Attraction. Patrick’s newest book, Boy Entrepreneur, was published in September 2014. His next book, Providing Massive Value, will be published in the months to come.

Originally from Michigan, Patrick graduated from the University of Montana in 1991. He lived in the Seattle area for more than 20 years until April 2013, when he moved to Maui, Hawaii (where he continues to build his speaking, coaching, and consulting business).

MARINÉ TER-KAZARYAN

“A Nightingale Sang on Los Feliz…”   This is how Zen Thompson, music critic of Los Angeles Times, described Mariné Ter-Kazaryan’s first performance in the United States. Ms. Ter-Kazaryan has been on numerous concert tours both as a singer and a pianist to different cities of Armenia, Soviet Union, Canada, Mexico and the United States. She has made recordings at the Armenian State Radio, which to this date are aired. She has received warm recognition and high ratings from Soviet, American, Mexican and Armenian music critics and professionals.

Along with portraying such exciting roles as Tosca (Tosca – Puccini), Rusalka (Rusalka– Dvorak), La Wally (La Wally – Catalani), Leonora and Elena (Il Trovatore and I Vespri Siciliani – Verdi), Mikaela (Carmen – Bizet), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare – Handel), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor – Donizetti), and Constanza (Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Mozart), Ms. Ter-Kazaryan’s career is also noteworthy as a pianist and a teacher. She is a winner of International and local competitions, including the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, Young Keyboard Artist International Piano Competition, Grand Prize winner of Clef Club Competition, and a double Grand Prize Winner in Piano and Voice categories at the Armenian Allied Arts Association’s Competition. She is an honorary member of the Golden Key National Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, and is affiliated with NATS. She has performed many voice and piano solo recitals, as well as had performances with orchestras such as the Armenia Philharmonic, Riga Philharmonic, USC Symphony, Nayiri Center for the Arts Orchestra and appearances with the USC Opera and Euterpe Opera.  She has been a regular solo recitalist on Enlightenment Music Series and Classics Become Eclectic concert series.

Ms. Ter-Kazaryan serves on the faculty of Glendale Community College teaching applied voice, piano and music fundamentals since 2011. She has also been on the faculty of Pasadena Conservatory of Music since 1997, where she teaches individual piano and voice lessons, teaches masterclasses both in piano and voice, collaborates with instrumentalists and vocalists during recitals, juries and competitions.  She has been the Chair of Piano Department at the Nayiri Center for the Arts, where she has taught for eight years.  Her students have gone on to be music performance majors at prestigious universities such as Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Harvard, USC New England Conservatory, UC San Diego and Cal State University, Northridge.  Ms. Ter-Kazaryan is also a highly sought-after adjudicator of local and international competitions.

Ms. Ter-Kazaryan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music in Yerevan with a diploma in Piano Performance. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree, Cum Laude in Piano Performance and Vocal Arts from USC, and a Master of Music degree Magna Cum Laude in Vocal Arts. She has studied with such profound teachers as Judith Natalucci, Dr. Stewart Gordon, Dr. Louise Lepley, Margaret Schaper and Svetlana Dadyan.

Mariné Ter-Kazaryan is a performing artist who searches for perfectionism and emotional fulfillment. She strives to deliver her music to the audience with a high professional quality. Being exposed to the audience from a very early age she realizes that her audience has to go home with his/her emotional spirit uplifted.

“Music is a universal language. Not only it connects people from different parts of this planet, conveying emotions, feelings, and even thoughts, but it also removes us to an entirely different universe, freeing our mind and soul from everyday routine burdens, leaving behind only beauty, love, and serenity. It’s magic, and I love that through teaching I can spread this magic among our students, children or adults!”

Mariné Ter-Kazaryan

RAY ABRUZZO

Ray Abruzzo is a Sicilian-American Actor from Queens, New York.  He made regular appearances in the following series: Dynasty (as police sergeant John Zorelli), The Practice (as Detective Michael McGuire) and The Sopranos (as “Little” Carmine Lupertazzi). He also played the part of Tony Guiliano, Christine Sullivan’s fiance, husband, then ex-husband on the NBC-TV series Night Court.

Ray currently appears as “Sal” (Davina’s longterm boyfriend) on Amazon’s award winning series, Transparent.

Other television credits include, NCIS, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, House M.D., NYPD Blue, Lois and Clark, Law & Order: SVU, The Nanny, CSI: NY, Criminal Minds, Bones, Weinerville (where he performed Pops), In Plain Sight and Mad Men.

He was seen on the stage of the Pasadena Playhouse in the play, Mauritius, by Theresa Rebeck. He also played the title role in Lombardi.   In the 2016 Season he was on stage in New York in Dan Lauria’s “Dinner with The Boys,” and in Seattle, in ACT’s “The Mystery Of Love and Sex.”

Abruzzo starred in the longest single shot movie in American film history, Somebody Marry Me, written and directed by John Asher.

He is a supporter of SENS Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to researching and treating the causes of aging.

SIERRA CAMPBELL

Sierra Campbell is the Founder and CEO of NurtureCo, a company which empowers elder care providers with the technology tools and trainings to run successful companies in their communities.  NurtureCo is about Empowering the next Generation of Senior Care. Caregivers have demanding jobs. We resource seniors, family members, and caregivers with the tools, trainings, and support they need to take good care of themselves and provide a high standard of quality care.  We Care About Caregivers.

Programs include:

Mindfulness-based compassionate care training for senior care providers:

Mindfulness encompasses acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them—letting go of a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel in a given moment.

Stress Management Tools:

We care about caregivers and understand the stress associated with providing care for a senior client or family member. Try these practices to lift your mood, relax, and cultivate empathy and patience

Fall Prevention 101:

Mindful movement has been proven to prevent falls in seniors. Try these fall prevention practices to increase circulation, bring more awareness to movement, and strengthen the legs, feet, and ankles.

Prior to founding NurtureCo, Sierra was a Yoga Instructor, turned Business Consultant, and successfully combined the two at Grokker, the be-a-better-you wellness video network with expert-led video classes in Yoga, Meditation, Fitness and Cooking.

ALFIO

Captivating audiences around the world with powerful vocals combined with charming comedic banter, ALFIO brings a new approach to the tenor tradition through his modern interpretations of English and Italian standards, classical takes on contemporary chart-toppers and original songs that bridge musical genres. In August 2015, ALFIO joined the illustrious ranks of world class performers on PBS with the successful debut of ALFIO In Concert, followed by a national tour in key markets in the Fall 2015 and a Top 10 Album on the Billboard charts. Additionally, ALFIO In Concert has garnered TWO Emmy® Nominations!

An Australian native of Italian descent, classically-trained ALFIO brings passion to his performances and draws constant comparisons to superstars Andrea Bocelli and Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. This charismatic singer, songwriter and musician is a modern throwback to the legendary greats, delivering a mesmerizing live show filled with much-loved classics, pop standards plus his acclaimed originals. Providing a World Class show with equal parts music journey, powerful vocals and comedy, ALFIO effortlessly brings all generations of music lovers together in one audience; and regardless of whether he sings in English, Italian or Spanish, all languages flow as one.

While studying voice in Parma, Italy, ALFIO was on the road to becoming a tenor, but the constraints of that particular musical track clashed with his strong desire to sing contemporary and classic songs while still being able to compose his own music. As a result, ALFIO strayed slightly from becoming a tenor to become what he jokingly calls a “nine-and- a-halfer.” But when it comes to ALFIO’s deep commitment to his art and the passionate performances which that commitment evokes, he is a solid ten. ALFIO carries a depth and sincerity in his music that might not have been as fully developed had he chosen a path that took him even slightly away from his own calling.

As an accomplished songwriter, musician and composer ALFIO is reaching critical acclaim with his own penned songs such as “Il Nostro Sogno (Our Dream)”, a song about the wish for world peace which has been recorded and released by other artists around the world. This hit single pushed his debut album on Warner Music to Top 10 and Gold status in Australia. “Voce Pura”/”Pavarotti” is his loving tribute to Maestro Luciano Pavarotti, which was written after a wonderful dinner they had together in Sydney and sent to Pavarotti before his death. Not to mention the title track of his latest album “After Love,” which could be as at home on the Pop charts as in the context of the traditional Italian repertoire of love and loss.

Whether sitting solo at the piano, backed by an orchestra, or singing a cappella, ALFIO believes in connecting with his audience. One of his most appealing qualities in both his music and his life is his ability to entwine generations. His music and live show is a testament to that and speaks to the sentiment for all generations to move forward while not forgetting to appreciate the classics. With a talent that is uniquely his own, one thing is clear–ALFIO is traveling in his own lane and doing it his way.